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At the hospice, an old man by his adult son’s dying bedside. They had a strained relationship.
The father tells the son, “I’m here.”
The son, unable to speak anymore, takes his father’s hand and squeezes. The father, now crying, keeps saying “I’m here. Daddy’s here”. Then the son dies, holding his father’s hand.
Something was said when the son took his father’s hand, something that only the two will know.
Not all Last Words are spoken.
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I can't watch the scene of the woman with cerebral palsy—who was abandoned by her mother before her first birthday—greeting the Pope without choking up. This woman has clearly heard and experienced Good News, and is a witness to the rest of us.
To those who are actively trying to eliminate the possibility of this woman's life—or from her ever having been born—the words from John 9 must be recalled, when Christ is asked why a man born blind exists: did he sin, or did his parents sin? And Jesus answered: “Neither hath this man sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him."
May we never forget. In the midst of the terrible election discourse, AI doomerism, and salacious Chinese spy gossip, the works of God are being made manifest.
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9:51 p.m. update: Good news! Ryan has been found safe. Thank you to everyone who assisted in the search!
Missing Child: Help us bring 11-year-old Ryan White home safe.
Ryan was last seen on Tuesday evening around 6:15 p.m. on Wilson St. near Moncrief Rd. Due to his age, we want to make sure he is safe.
Ryan is 4’10” and 120 pounds. He has brown eyes and black dreadlocks. He was last seen wearing his school uniform, a dark blue polo and khaki pants.
Ryan is familiar with JTA transportation and has runaway previously.
If you see Ryan or know where he is, call us at 904.630.0500. Please share this post so we can spread the word faster!
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This is real leadership in our modern age. It isnt about authenticity. It is about real humanity. Authenticity has a performative character to it. But real humanity, real relationships, evoke empathy and love of neighbour. Pope Leo has a prophetic form of leadership
🟡 🇻🇦 IL PAPA PIANGE❗
Non è facile vedere un Papa che si commuove in pubblico, ma davanti a questa signora, affetta da paralisi cerebrale dalla nascita, abbandonata dalla madre quando era piccola, ospite da 57 anni del Cottolengo, che dice di essere FELICE per avere trovato tanto amore e una casa...
Pensate quello che volete, ma questo è un uomo buono! 🥹
~ dW ~ retweeted
Missing Child: Help us bring 11-year-old Ryan White home safe.
Ryan was last seen on Tuesday evening around 6:15 p.m. on Wilson St. near Moncrief Rd. Due to his age, we want to make sure he is safe.
Ryan is 4’10” and 120 pounds. He has brown eyes and black dreadlocks. He was last seen wearing his school uniform, a dark blue polo and khaki pants.
Ryan is familiar with JTA transportation and has runaway previously.
If you see Ryan or know where he is, call us at 904.630.0500. Please share this post so we can spread the word faster!
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Christ loves us as we are, but His love is too great to leave us prisoners of sin, of what destroys us. The fire He came to bring has the power to break our chains and restore our freedom to love. There are wounds to be healed, failings to be acknowledged, and, whenever possible, wrongs to be made right. Allow Christ to transform you. #ApostolicJourney #Argentina
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"Only love will save the world, and God is love," were Maximiliano's, 32, final words just now, talking to Pope Leo XIV, during his visit to an Argentine prison.
"For many years, drugs and alcohol were a daily part of my life. I lived at night, going entire days without sleep. I drifted away from my family, and today I deeply regret having distanced myself and having lost time with my daughters that I’ll never get back.
When I was arrested, I began to find my inner freedom. Suddenly, that frenetic pace that seemed unstoppable came to a halt, and I experienced the clarity and the wake-up call I so desperately needed. Once in prison, I began attending the chapel; there, I rediscovered my true self and Jesus. I remembered very beautiful moments from my childhood in the Church that had been forgotten. I felt once again like a child loved by God; I recognized the good within me and reconnected with that inner child, seeing him smile again.
Today I want to leave all the bad things behind. I want to build a life of goodness: to have a decent job, a real home, to care for and enjoy time with my daughters, living a healthy reality rather than a fantasy. I want to return to God and show my daughters that their dad can change, that there is always a new life, and that God is the way.
I feel a deep need to ask for forgiveness from my family, from my daughters’ mother, from my daughters, and, especially, from all the people I’ve hurt."
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People seem to think that God withholds mercy until we ask for it, as if we were the cause of His giving mercy. In fact, the exact opposite is true: we ask for forgiveness because God has first given us the gratuitous grace to do so. His mercy is the cause of our asking for forgiveness, not its effect.
"Indeed, if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, once reconciled, will we be saved by his life." (Rom 5:10)
"But to you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic.
Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back.
Do to others as you would have them do to you.u
For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.
If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit [is] that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount.
But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful." (Lk 6:27-36)
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Where in the world did the idea come from that Christ only calls us to love and forgive our enemies if they first ask for forgiveness?
We're not talking about letting your enemy rule over you or be freed from punishment. We're talking about whether you should have mercy on them.
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Replying to @nicksortor
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Jordan Davis is Jordan Davis but a first round pick could be anything. It could even be Jordan Davis!
Fuck them picks




































